natural for a vice president not to be the best friend of the president of the united states after an election. even vice president biden, who i believe is much closer to president obama, than cheney and bush, i don't think biden will be playing basketball with barack obama on a constant basis after his presidency ends. so sometimes there is a natural tension and conflict. but certainly the relationship of the bush and cheney aren't best buddies. >> regarding how americans view bush today, there's been recent polls out there, mark, indicating that how they view him is improving. >> there are a couple of different polls out there. most recently washington post, abc poll, that showed that bush had an uptick in his approval ratings since he was president. however, tamron, a couple weeks ago, nbc wall street journal poll found that bush's favorable/unfavorable score is in negative territory, pretty much unchanged from 2010, so over the last three years. >> mark murray, thank you very much. an interesting scene tomorrow in texas. we wicarry it live. >> we'll be watching. >> yes, we will. >>> and do